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AWS S3 bucket detection

🗓️ 09 Mar 2026 12:58:25Reported by KittySploitType 
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KittySploit module detects S3 buckets or S3-style APIs via XML responses.

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Code
#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""Détection bucket S3 / API S3 exposée."""

from kittysploit import *
from lib.protocols.http.http_client import Http_client


class Module(Scanner, Http_client):

    __info__ = {
        "name": "AWS S3 bucket detection",
        "description": "Detects S3 bucket or S3-style API (ListBucketResult, NoSuchKey, AccessDenied XML).",
        "author": ["KittySploit Team"],
        "severity": "medium",
        "modules": [
            "auxiliary/aws/s3_bucket_access_check",
            "auxiliary/aws/s3_bucket_file_list",
            "auxiliary/aws/s3_sensitive_pattern_scan",
            "auxiliary/aws/s3_file_download",
            "auxiliary/aws/aws_s3_exposure_path_prioritizer",
        ],
        "tags": ["cloud", "scanner", "aws", "s3", "bucket", "storage"],
    'agent': {
        'risk': 'active',
        'effects': ['network_probe'],
        'expected_requests': 2,
        'reversible': True,
        'approval_required': False,
        'produces': ['tech_hints', 'risk_signals', 'endpoints'],
        'cost': 1.0,
        'noise': 0.5,
        'value': 1.0,
        'requires':         {'min_endpoints': 0,
         'min_params': 0,
         'tech_hints_any': [],
         'tech_hints_all': [],
         'specializations_any': [],
         'risk_signals_any': [],
         'auth_session': False,
         'capabilities_any': [],
         'capabilities_all': [],
         'confidence_min': {},
         'confidence_min_any': {},
         'endpoint_pattern_any': [],
         'param_any': [],
         'api_surface_ready': False},
        'chain':         {'produces_capabilities': [],
         'consumes_capabilities': [],
         'option_bindings': {},
         'suggested_followups': []},
    },
    }

    def run(self):
        r = self.http_request(method="GET", path="/", allow_redirects=False)
        if not r:
            return False
        t = r.text
        # S3 REST API returns XML
        if "ListBucketResult" in t or "<Name>" in t and "Contents" in t:
            self.set_info(severity="medium", reason="S3 bucket listing (ListBucketResult)")
            return True
        if "NoSuchKey" in t or "AccessDenied" in t or "InvalidBucketName" in t or "NoSuchBucket" in t:
            self.set_info(severity="medium", reason="S3 API (AWS XML error response)")
            return True
        h = {k.lower(): v for k, v in r.headers.items()}
        if h.get("x-amz-request-id") or h.get("x-amz-id-2"):
            self.set_info(severity="medium", reason="S3 API (x-amz-* headers)")
            return True
        return False

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28 Jul 2026 11:27Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
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